A test of three interventions to promote people's communication of their consent for organ donation

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 399-417

  Hyde, Melissa K ^a,b   White, Katherine M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

action plans; consent; coping plans; health action process approach; intervention; organ donation; theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGISTER; TRANSPLANTATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875139505     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.731060     Document Type: Article

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